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Diptych Dial, by 'Joseph Avinc', Italian or French, 17th Century

Inventory Number 45724


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45724

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"F. IOSEPH. AVINC." on 1a and "F. I. A VIN" in a scroll on 2a.
Physical material
Ivory and brass
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 20mm Width: 107mm Depth: 113mm Weight: 235g
Inventory No
45724
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

With Christian figurative engraving.

Compass needle and glass missing.